A much better Day 2. The wind settled in from the Southerly direction overnight but was still variable from lower A to Mid B in the gusts, which made for some good wipeouts. After only 4 races yesterday we got though another 7 races today with some improving through the day and others falling back … Read more
An ominous start to the event with the wind swinging through 150deg and inconsistent breeze. Eventually got underway dealing with the shifting breeze as best as we could which led to some interesting results. Breeze varied all day with everything from the very bottom of A rig up to near the top of B rig in the … Read more
The New Plymouth Radio Control Yacht Club hosted the Taranaki Classic IOM Regatta at Lake Rotomanu in Fitzroy, New Plymouth, on the weekend of the 31st of August/1st of September. This regatta was the 2nd regatta of a 3 regatta series for Classic IOM’s with the 1st hosted by NMMS at Wattle farm in June with the 3rd to be hosted by Kāpiti Radio Yacht Club on the 21st & 22nd September. … Read more
Race Officer Report The weekend started on a sour note with the discovery that someone had tried to break in to our container resulting in two damaged padlocks and a ragged lock box. They didn’t get into the container but then neither could we – no mark boat and no marks! Steve Champion made a quick trip … Read more
WattleFarmSailing (NMMS) hosted the recent Classic IOM Regatta. This is for Pre 2010 non-tumblehome designs… (so pre-Britpop and V8). 19 classic IOM’s turned up…most in immaculate condition The oldest were the Drumbeats and an SP2 from Tauranga. A freshly-launched Drumbeat2 design from that era was present (unfortunately it was a bit fresh out of the … Read more
Here are the results of the South Island IOM Championships sailed at Lake Dunstan on 2 – 3 March 2024.
Here are the results of the North Harbour IOM Championships sailed on 17-18 February 2024. IOM North Harbour Champs 2024 (Standard Scoring) Sail Sailor Club Rank Tot R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 R 6 R 7 R 8 R 9 R 10 R 11 R 12 R 13 R 14 … Read more
NZRYA and the NZL IOM NCA wish to acknowledge Ian Vickers success in the 2023 North American IOM Continental Championship which was held recently in Florida, USA. Final Placings: 1st Zvonko Jelacic Croatia 2nd Ian Vickers New Zealand 3rd Ken Read USA
Ian Vickers is competing in the North American National Championships. With a day of racing left and 12 races, he is in second place. The current results can be accessed at https://www.2023iomnacr.org/results.
